| 单词 | block something out |
| 释义 | 1 (phrasal verb) Definition to prevent the entry or consideration of (something) I had to block the thought out of my mind. Synonyms remove Most of her fears have been removed. eradicate battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus excise a crusade to excise racist and sexist references in newspapers obliterate I would like to obliterate the memory of what just occurred. efface an attempt to efface the memory of their previous failures blot out expunge (formal) The experience was something he had tried to expunge from his memory. 2 (phrasal verb) Thick fog blocked out the daylight. Synonyms cover the black patch which covered his left eye block cloud shade You've got to shade your eyes or close them altogether. mask His mask cracked, and she saw an angry and violent man. conceal The device, concealed in a dustbin, was defused by police. eclipse The sun was eclipsed by the moon. overshadow one of the towers that overshadow the square cloak He uses jargon to cloak his inefficiency. shroud Mist shrouded the outline of the palace. adumbrate befog bedim 3 (phrasal verb) Definition to plan or describe (something) in a general fashion Synonyms outline an outline of a plan to reduce the country's national debt plan I had been planning a trip to the West Coast. chart These seas have been well charted. sketch I had a basic sketch of a plan. map out Additional synonymsin the sense of bedim Synonyms dim, shadow, cloud, shade, obscure, darken, cloak, overcast, becloud, bedarken in the sense of chart Definition to make a chart of These seas have been well charted. Synonyms plot, map out, delineate, sketch, draft, graph, tabulatein the sense of cloak Definition to hide or disguise He uses jargon to cloak his inefficiency. Synonyms hide, cover, screen, mask, disguise, conceal, obscure, veil, camouflageNearby words of |
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